We usually keep back the dink calves, winter them on hay and water, and grass them over the summer. We went out to gather them up, only to find that some had broke out overnight and mixed with some cows. So we brought some cows too, which probably worked in our favour as these yrlgs have had very little human interaction and less human on horseback interaction.
Father and his sweetie:
There's some:
Onward:
Onto the road we go. In the distance you can actually see the end of the road.
A couple miles down the road and they still need to be slowed down. There is only fence on one side of the road and hundreds of acres of bush on the other, so the incentive is high to keep them on the "straight and narrow".
Off the road and through a field:
Anybody want to buy a bull? Too late, he's gone
Some more road and we're home, with everyone we started out with
After all was said and done, the yrlg steers averaged 860lbs and fetched $1.06. The heifers were light, averaging 780 lbs @ $.96. If we had sold these tail enders last fall the heifers would not have brought $400 and the steers about $500, so things worked out more to our satisfaction doing it this way.
Father and his sweetie:
There's some:
Onward:
Onto the road we go. In the distance you can actually see the end of the road.
A couple miles down the road and they still need to be slowed down. There is only fence on one side of the road and hundreds of acres of bush on the other, so the incentive is high to keep them on the "straight and narrow".
Off the road and through a field:
Anybody want to buy a bull? Too late, he's gone
Some more road and we're home, with everyone we started out with
After all was said and done, the yrlg steers averaged 860lbs and fetched $1.06. The heifers were light, averaging 780 lbs @ $.96. If we had sold these tail enders last fall the heifers would not have brought $400 and the steers about $500, so things worked out more to our satisfaction doing it this way.